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Brave with its default settings is both less private and less secure than LibreWolf. > On iOS, Firefox has refused for years to implement an adblocker. Blame

Brave with its default settings is both less private and less secure than LibreWolf. > On iOS, Firefox has refused for years to implement an adblocker. Blame Apple.

account42 2y ago
Mozilla deserves some of the blame for misleading users into thinking that Firefox is available on iOS when all they really provide is a Safari reskin.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  Not really. That's all Apple. Mozilla wants to try and provide the UI and experience and are doing so as best they can to satisfy their users requesting it.
- tristan957 2y ago
  The average user doesn't care about the underlying browser engine. Why should Mozilla add that to their advertising when no other browser maker on iOS is?
  - jorvi 2y ago
    Err.. most other browsers on iOS do have an adblocker built in. It’s solely Mozilla dumping their users out in the cold. These days ads are an attack vector. I’d never let my parents browse the web without a blocker.
    - DEADMINCE 2y ago
      Not real adblocking. If you care about your parents, get them a better device.
    - tristan957 2y ago
      The two most popular browsers on iOS do not support ad blocking, unless there's something I'm not aware of. I've never seen an ad blocker in iOS Safari or Chrome. Firefox on iOS has tracking protection which can block some ads if you believe the description of the setting.
jorvi 2y ago
> Blame Apple. Blame Mozilla. Most iOS browsers have built-in adblocking.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  No. Exit the RDF please. Apple and only Apple prevent you having choice over what browser engine to install.
  - jorvi 2y ago
    Yes. Like, you are a laughably wrong. I can literally see the Brave “shield” icon staring right back at me right there in the bottom right of the screen.
    - DEADMINCE 2y ago
      I guess you must be in the EU and on iOS 17.4 or later. I forgot the Apple were forced to allow other browser engines to be installed in the EU recently. But aside from that recent exception, no one ever had anything except Safari on iOS, even if they thought otherwise.
      - jorvi 2y ago
        Nope. Been adblocking on iOS in Brave since iOS.. 14? Maybe 13 or 15. You should really do your research.
        DEADMINCE 2y ago
        You've been hiding ads, sure. You haven't been blocking them, because iOS with Safari didn't allow that. Hiding, and blocking, are not the same thing. The former is far less secure than the latter. As for blocking ads on iOS with Brave, well, it really doesn't work that well[0]. Why? Because iOS doesn't let you block ads, unless you are in the EU and on 17.4 or later. You should exit the RDF and really do at least a bare minimum of research. [0] https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-ios/321356 https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-...

Brave with its default settings is both less private and less secure than LibreWolf. > On iOS, Firefox has refused for years to implement an adblocker. Blame Apple.

account42 2y ago

Mozilla deserves some of the blame for misleading users into thinking that Firefox is available on iOS when all they really provide is a Safari reskin.

DEADMINCE 2y ago
Not really. That's all Apple. Mozilla wants to try and provide the UI and experience and are doing so as best they can to satisfy their users requesting it.
tristan957 2y ago
The average user doesn't care about the underlying browser engine. Why should Mozilla add that to their advertising when no other browser maker on iOS is?
- jorvi 2y ago
  Err.. most other browsers on iOS do have an adblocker built in. It’s solely Mozilla dumping their users out in the cold. These days ads are an attack vector. I’d never let my parents browse the web without a blocker.
  - DEADMINCE 2y ago
    Not real adblocking. If you care about your parents, get them a better device.
  - tristan957 2y ago
    The two most popular browsers on iOS do not support ad blocking, unless there's something I'm not aware of. I've never seen an ad blocker in iOS Safari or Chrome. Firefox on iOS has tracking protection which can block some ads if you believe the description of the setting.

jorvi 2y ago

> Blame Apple. Blame Mozilla. Most iOS browsers have built-in adblocking.

DEADMINCE 2y ago
No. Exit the RDF please. Apple and only Apple prevent you having choice over what browser engine to install.
- jorvi 2y ago
  Yes. Like, you are a laughably wrong. I can literally see the Brave “shield” icon staring right back at me right there in the bottom right of the screen.
  - DEADMINCE 2y ago
    I guess you must be in the EU and on iOS 17.4 or later. I forgot the Apple were forced to allow other browser engines to be installed in the EU recently. But aside from that recent exception, no one ever had anything except Safari on iOS, even if they thought otherwise.
    - jorvi 2y ago
      Nope. Been adblocking on iOS in Brave since iOS.. 14? Maybe 13 or 15. You should really do your research.
      - DEADMINCE 2y ago
        You've been hiding ads, sure. You haven't been blocking them, because iOS with Safari didn't allow that. Hiding, and blocking, are not the same thing. The former is far less secure than the latter. As for blocking ads on iOS with Brave, well, it really doesn't work that well[0]. Why? Because iOS doesn't let you block ads, unless you are in the EU and on 17.4 or later. You should exit the RDF and really do at least a bare minimum of research. [0] https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-ios/321356 https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-...